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Title: Brooklyn U.S.A.
Post by: jackie ogorman on Monday 22 November 10 00:34 GMT (UK)

CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE I AM TRYING TO FIND THE FAMILY OF JAMES GAFFNEY BORN DUBLIN IRELAND AND HIS WIFE ELIZA BORN LONGFORD IRELAND I KNOW THEY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN
KATHLEEN GAFFNEY BORN 1882 DUBLIN EIRE
ELIZA GAFFNEY BORN 1884 BROOKLYN USA
JOSEPH GAFFNEY BORN 1886 DUBLIN EIRE
AUGUSTIN GAFFNEY BORN 1888  DUBLIN EIRE
JOHN GAFFNEY BORN 1890 DUBLIN EIRE
I HAVE THEM ON THE 1901 CENSUS IN BLACKROCK DUBLIN BUT CANNOT FIND THEM ON 1911 CENSUS RUMOUR HAS IT THEY WENT BACK TO U.S.A. CAN ANYONE ADVISE ME ON HOW TO GO ABOUT FINDING MY FAMILY PLEASE
ONE LAST FAVOUR CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHICH STATE IN AMERICA BROOKLYN IS IN.THANK YOU IN ADVANCE TO ALL WHO HELP ME

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Title: Re: BROOKLYN U.S.A.
Post by: anpefa1 on Monday 22 November 10 01:10 GMT (UK)

brooklyn is a suburb of new york city (manhattan) the non appearance on the irish 1911 census does not mean that the family were not in dublin or elsewhere in ireland on census night , if there is family in the country (county area's) they may be listed there as visitors. have you checked the english census records? other search venue's would be ellis island (new york immigration) and family search.org (church of latterday saints). don't give up, keep posting updates. tony

Title: Re: BROOKLYN U.S.A.
Post by: Erato on Monday 22 November 10 01:21 GMT (UK)

You can look at some US census records and some New York records on FamilySearch:

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start

A god site for Brooklyn, NY is:    http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/

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[It would be nice if you turned off CapsLock.  It is hard and annoying to read text written in capitals.]

Title: Re: BROOKLYN U.S.A.
Post by: shellyesq on Monday 22 November 10 02:18 GMT (UK)

Quote from: anpefa1 on Monday 22 November 10 01:10 GMT (UK)

brooklyn is a suburb of new york city (manhattan)

Actually, Brooklyn is part of New York City.  The five boroughs of New York City include Manhattan and Brooklyn.

A helpful site with a number of indexes for New York City is www.italiangen.org.